Interesting link. I'm still skeptical, especially since the size is so
huge, but it'll be cool if it's real. I guess we'll find out :)
-Sam
On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 22:49, blueswirl_fr wrote:
> this might interest you:
>
http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp;:406ce067:c42850b19b4ec52f?type=t\
echnologyNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4729109
>
> --- In DreamcastBrowsers@yahoogroups.com, Sam Steele <chip@c...> wrote:
> > http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
> >
> > Last year's pigeonrank page is still up, too. I just don't feel it's
> > financially possible for any company to offer a gig of space per user
> > for free. Drives cost a lot! Not to mention backups and mirror
> > drives..
> >
> > I guess we'll find out. *shrug*
> >
> > -Sam
> >
> > On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 22:00, karl wrote:
> > > >I'm pretty sure it's an april fools
> > > joke from google.
> > >
> > > I think it's legit. It's now April 4 and
> > > the offer is still up. From the FAQ
> > >
> > > 10. Why is Google offering email? I
> > > thought you were a search company.
> > >
> > > Google's mission is to organize the
> > > world's information and make it
> > > universally useful and accessible. For
> > > many people, email contains valuable
> > > information that can be difficult to
> > > retrieve. We believe we can help with
> > > that.
> > >
> > > And they specify 1 gig of storage. It
> > > seems messegages never get deleted and
> > > will be searchable, hence the need for a
> > > lot of space.
> > >
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